| Billiards at Half-Past Nine |  | Author: Boll Heinrich
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Category: Book
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Media: Unbound
Pages: 279
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
ISBN: 0070064016
EAN: 9780070064010
ASIN: 0070064016
Publication Date: December 1, 1963
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Epic story of Post War Germany August 3, 2001
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
This story of post war Germany is not for the casual reader. Taking on the well covered theme of German national socialism and the effects of such organistations as the Hitler youth, Billiards at Half Past Nine spans three generations of the Faehmel family whose lives are inexorably caught up with the events of this turbulent period of Germany's history. Like many of his contemporaries, especially Guenther Grass, Boell handles the issue of Germany's attempts to come to terms with its recent history in scathing style, but nonetheless remains objective.What really disinguishes this story is Boell's mastery of language, and innovation in uses of what at the time were revolutionary stylistic devices. His characters are convincingly drawn, and the coherent thread which runs throughout the lives of the three men of the family is beautifully spun. At once a searing indictment of German Nazism, and a wonderful story of humanity and human relationships, Billiards at Half Past Nine is a truly epic work of genius, and definitely ranks alongside Grass's The Tin Drum as the best German works of fiction to have emerged from post-war Germany.
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